Considers classroom instruction in a Catholic junior high school as part of an intricate ritual system supporting the values of the larger society. Corporate capitalist values associated with "becoming a worker" closely complemented values associated with "becoming a Catholic." Together these create the "ritual…

Reviews the nature of fascism as it arose in Europe between World Wars I and II. Examines the nature of 'proto-fascist' trends in the United States during the 1920s and 1930s, and offers some tentative conclusions as to why the trend failed to achieve greater strength. (JDH)

Examines the structure, form, and nature of the content and context of memorable messages exchanged within an organization. Discusses how these features enhance the socializing and memorable nature of such messages. (MS)

Reflects on the uniqueness of junior high/middle (JH/MS) school students, including their romantic rituals and fashion conformity, and offers these characteristics as reasons both for and against teaching JH/MS. (SRT)

Anthropologists may be on the verge of shedding new light on the what, who, when, where, and why children learn in the formal classroom. Eleven propositions extracted from anthropological literature to help evaluate learning and teaching are discussed. (RM)

Chicano and Anglo fourth-grade children were categorized into three acculturation levels and contrasted on two tests of field dependence. No relationship occurred between level of acculturation and field dependence or type of reinforcement. Additional study is needed to control for the correlations among field dependence, acculturation, SES, and…

Describes relationship patterns in lesbian couples as varying systematically from relationship patterns in heterosexual couples. These patterned differences are addressed from a systemic perspective in five areas: distance regulation and boundary maintenance, sexual expression, financial arrangements, breaking up, and stage differences in coming…

Two articles address the need for training in management skills as part of the management curriculum and provide a model for teaching management skills based on social learning theory. The approach is characterized as an integration of previously-used management teaching approaches. Identification of critical management skills and issues in…

A study of preschoolers confirmed findings that toy choices reflect the sex typing of social behavior. Although toy choice was not related to all behaviors idenitifed in earlier studies as sex-typed, those for which there were clear gender differences in this study (socializing with peers and spontaneous prosocial behavior) were related to…

The development of stimulus materials and scoring procedures to measure an individual's ability to recognize the ethical issues often hidden within the dentist's professional problems is discussed, and the resulting test and its application to the teaching of ethics and professional socialization are examined. (MSE)

Indicates that bibliotherapy can be combined with puppetry techniques to help children resolve developmental problems. Suggests that additional benefits may include appreciation for children's literature as well as increased knowledge of story structures, enhanced language fluency, and increased vocabulary. (Author/KS)

Compares aspects of the work and private lives of 43 French and 20 Canadian managerial women with careers in essentially male occupations. Issues of socialization, coordination of work and family life, sponsorship in the workplace, sex ratios and division of labor, and equal opportunities are examined. (SK)

Sociolinguistic skills needed by hearing impaired children are analyzed, and socialization approaches undertaken by parents through presuppositions, stylistic variations, and pragmatics are reviewed. The importance of curricula in which students learn to respond to changing context is emphasized, and teaching strategies that provide models in…

The article reviews the literature on three major social learning constructs advanced to explain the etiology of reactive depression in children and adolescents: learned helplessness, social skill deficits, and coercive reinforcement patterns. Implications for classroom management are noted. (CL)

Students learn much that is not publicly set forth in official school philosophy or in course syllabi. This learning, which includes information, beliefs, and ways of behaving, can be attributed to the implicit curricula of schooling. Discussed are the messages imparted by the classroom and school environment. (RM)